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Saskatchewan could be re-placing Alberta as Canada’s leader in economic growth.

A recent outlook report from the Conference Board of Canada says both provinces are faring better than others in Canada. However, acceler-ated capital expenditures in Saskatchewan’s potash indus-try have put the province “on track” to overtake Alberta in 2013 and 2014 as Canada’s fast-

est growing economy.Premier Brad Wall said he

feels Saskatchewan is ready to take the spot of Canada’s lead-ing economy.

“It’s very positive news,” said Wall. “Most of the forecast-ers in the country have pegged us at one or two for the next couple of years and this is the latest one — we just released our growth plan and this is the kind of the growth that we

need to sustain.”Wall also said the fact both

provinces are doing well is positive for Canada, adding the New West Partnership between Alberta, B.C. and Sas-katchewan will play an im-portant role in the country’s growth.

Alberta Finance Minister Doug Horner agreed growth in the two provinces is a good thing.

“Right now, we’re the eco-nomic drivers for a lot of the country,” said Horner. “A lot of the jobs that are being cre-ated in Eastern Canada — as an example — are directly or indirectly related to the eco-nomic expansion of the West.”

Alberta Premier Alison Red-ford also spoke of Canada’s rise as an international energy power at the Halifax Inter-national Security Forum, say-

ing Canada has a role to play in a potential shift of global power.

“We are energy-rich in an increasingly thirsty world,” said Redford. “As producers, and not just consumers of energy here in North America, we can reassess the global bal-ance of power and, I believe, tilt it in new and unexpected ways.” With files from the Canadian Press

saskatchewan on track to become Canada’s economic growth leaderPotash industry driving Saskaboom. Growth in western provinces good for Canada, premier says

A recent outlook report from the Conference Board of Canada says Saskatchewan is on pace to overtake Alberta as Canada’s leader in economic growth. Both Alberta Premier Alison Redford and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall say continued western growth is good for Canada. photo montage; photos: the canadian press

Morgan ModjeskiMetro in Saskatoon

agribition casts wider net“We are not just cows,” say the organizers of the largest agriculture show in Canada, expected to draw more than 800 international buyers from 70 countries page 2

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SAgribition hoping to attract larger audience

Agribition may be the largest agriculture show in Canada, but organizers say it is much more than that.

“(People) still think we are all about cows and it’s certainly a big component of what we are, but we are not just cows,” said Marty Sey-mour, CEO of Canadian West-ern Agribition.

The six-day-long event features more than 500 ex-hibits, including shopping of all kinds, lots of food op-tions (including bacon on a stick) and entertainment. Of course, there are still many agriculture events including livestock shows and auctions, a themed rodeo every night and industry events like the new Grain Expo.

Canadian Western Agri-bition brings people to Sas-

katchewan from all over Can-ada and the world. Organizers are expecting more than 800 international buyers from 70 countries to visit the event. They are hoping to beat last year’s attendance of 126,000 people.

“It’s exciting to be able to come to an event (like this) where we have people from 70 countries around the world who are willing to come here and take a look at Canadian agriculture prod-ucts and then take them back to their countries,” said David Anderson, MP for Cypress Hills-Grasslands, on Monday at the kickoff event and open-ing of the new commercial cattle barn.

The federal government invested almost $150,000 in an agri-marketing program to attract more foreign invest-

ments and attention to the event. The 42nd Canadian Western Agribition is taking place at Regina’s Evraz Place

and ends Saturday. Gate ad-mission is $15 for adults, $5 for youth and free for under 12; rodeo tickets are extra.

And so much more. Organizers trying to reach out to international buyers, locals not associated with agriculture

Students from grades 6 to 12 compete for 10 spots in the High School Rodeo on Monday. ALYSSA MCDONALD/METRO

The Saskatchewan govern-ment has introduced legisla-tion to privatize the Crown corporation that handles land and personal property registries.

The province says it will sell 60 per cent of Informa-tion Services Corp., which was formed as a Crown in 2000.

Don McMorris, the minis-ter responsible for ISC, said Monday that a sale is the best way for the company to grow beyond Saskatchewan.

“It has got a great product to put on display and hope-fully sell throughout the world,” McMorris said.

Of the 60 per cent of

shares that will be for sale, five per cent can be bought by employees, 45 per cent by Saskatchewan citizens and 50 per cent by outside invest-ors.

No one person or group of investors will be allowed to buy more than 15 per cent of the shares sold.

The government said the

shares are expected to raise between $90 and $120 mil-lion, which McMorris said will be used to build infra-structure, such as roads.

The legislation says the company’s head office must stay in Saskatchewan.

The province will also keep 40 per cent of ISC, al-though that figure is not en-shrined in the legislation.

McMorris said there is no immediate plan to change the amount.

“We don’t have any de-signs any time soon, no. We want to see how the company runs and how successful this is into the future,” he said.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Transfer of services

Services handled by ISC now, such as vital statistics including births, marriages and deaths, will be trans-ferred to the government.

Province moves to privatize land registry

Jeff Stusek, president and CEO of the Information Services Corporation, left, Saskatchewan Minister of Highways and Infrastructure Don McMorris and Saskatchewan Minister of Justice Gordon Wyant at a press conference on the future of the ISC, Monday, in Regina. JEFF MACKEY/METRO

Investigation

Police looking for culprit who shot, killed fi ve cowsPolice in southeastern Sas-katchewan are looking for the culprit who shot and killed five cows and injured a sixth. The loss to the owner is estimated at about $10,000. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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• Wednesday – Rough-riders Pride Night

• Thursday – Student Night

• Friday – Pats Night

• Saturday – Family Day

Union laws

Labour Minister Morgan’s remarks disappoint groupThe Saskatchewan Federation of Labour says it’s disappoint-ed with the way new labour rules have been released.

Federation president Larry Hubich is questioning why Labour Minister Don Morgan

would discuss details about new union laws at a business association that he says is anti-union.

Morgan announced plans to change specific labour laws while speaking at the North Saskatoon Business Associa-tion luncheon on Friday.

The government plans to overhaul 15 separate pieces of workplace-related legisla-tion into one omnibus labour law. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Young suspects

Car thieves barely able to reach the pedals, police saySaskatoon police say they were surprised when they opened the door of a stolen SUV and found two young thieves inside.

The driver was so small he could barely reach the

foot pedals or see over the dashboard.

Officers took the boys into custody and discovered they were only 11 and 13.

The 11-year-old was released to a guardian be-cause he is too young to face criminal charges.

The older boy has been charged with theft of a motor vehicle and failing to have a licence. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Documents show the sister of Alberta Premier Alison Redford used her position as a health board executive to attend and hold Progressive Conservative party events on the taxpayers’ dime.

There was money for li-quor, travel, hotels, flowers and bug repellent.

Wildrose party Leader Danielle Smith, while releas-ing the documents Monday, said a bigger investigation is needed since Lynn Redford and those who signed off on those expenses remain execu-tives with Alberta’s health superboard.

“We’ve got the same people in positions today who exer-cised this lack of judgment,

and they need to be called to account,” Smith told a news conference at the legislature.

Smith said the case bridges the two scandals of health of-

ficials abusing their expense accounts — such as former Edmonton health region chief financial officer Allaudin Merali — with public institu-

tions delivering government grant and operating money to the PC party.

“This connects with the broader story of repeated in-

stances of illegal activity in giving donations to a partisan political party from taxpayer dollars,” said Smith. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Fundraising fiasco. Opposition leader calls for a larger investigation into executives with Alberta’s health superboard

Alberta premier’s sister expensed public for Tory party events: Docs

Alberta Premier Alison Redford speaks to reporters at the Alberta Progressive Conservative convention in Calgary on Nov. 10. Bill Graveland/ THe Canadian PreSS

Generic OxyContin ban rejected by fedsThe federal government has rejected provincial pleas to delay or deny approval of the generic form of OxyContin, a highly addictive painkiller that has been widely abused in many small towns and remote First Nations reserves.

Instead, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says Ottawa will tighten licensing rules so that distributors of oxycodone have to keep better track of where the drug goes. They will now need to report spikes in sales and changes in distribu-tion patterns, in addition to previous responsibilities to re-port losses and theft.

Aglukkaq is also telling the provinces to use their own power over doctors and phar-macists to crack down on way-ward prescriptions.

“Banning a generic ver-sion of one drug would do little to solve the actual prob-lem,” Aglukkaq said in a letter to provincial and territorial health ministers. “There are almost 100 authorized drugs in Canada that are in the very same class of drugs as Oxy-Contin.

“Banning all these drugs because they have the poten-tial to be addictive would help dry up the drug supply for ad-dicts, but would lead to pain

and suffering for patients who desperately need them.”

Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews has led a public campaign to pressure Ottawa to reject approval of generic oxycodone, saying failure to ban the drug would lead to a flood of the narcotic and a cor-responding surge in addiction.

The generic version is set to win federal approval on Nov. 25, the day the patent expires on Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin.

But the federal govern-ment has pushed back, saying a ban on the knock-off drug is too simplistic a response to a complex problem of prescrip-tion-drug abuse. Ottawa says it does not want to politicize a bureaucratic process that must automatically approve

a drug if it is an exact copy of another brand-name drug that has already been approved.

“I do not believe that polit-icians should pick and choose which drugs get approved,” the minister wrote. “While intentions may be noble in this circumstance, what stops future politicians from cav-ing into public pressure and allowing unproven, unsafe drugs on the market once political pressure starts to mount?”

Aglukkaq also admon-ished provincial politicians for pumping up the benefits of OxyNeo — Purdue’s new brand-name form of oxy-codone that some believe is harder for addicts to abuse be-cause it is not as easily crushed or injected. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Prescription pills containing oxycodone and acetaminophen are shown in this June 2012 photo. Graeme roy/THe Canadian PreSS file

Old news?

Premier Redford, appearing on CTV’s political program Power Play, pointed out that the accusations go back to a time when Ralph Klein was premier and she wasn’t even an elected MLA yet.

• Clarification to come. She suggested the criticism consists of a few “excited allegations” that will be clarified in the next few days.

• Stand by your sister. “I have confidence in my sister,” she said.

• FOI. The Wildrose party obtained the documents under freedom of infor-mation rules. The papers pertain to Lynn Redford’s spending while she was government relations ad-viser to the now-defunct Calgary Health Region from 2005 to 2008.

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Religious festival

At least 14 dead, several injured after Indian stampedeAt least 14 people were killed, including at least six children, in a stampede Mon-day night during a religious festival in the eastern state of Bihar, police said.

The stampede occurred as

hundreds of Hindu worship-pers gathered along the bank of the Ganges River in Patna to offer prayers to the sun god during the Chhath festival, according to police Superintendent Jayant Kant.

A power outage sparked panic as crowds filled a walkway leading from the riverbank into the Ganges, and people trampled one another as they fought to get to shore. the associated press

Abortion laws

Irish form panel to investigate woman’s deathIreland formed an expert panel Monday to investigate why an Indian woman died in an Irish hospital — and whether her life might have been saved had she received an abortion.

The case of Savita Halappanavar has focused worldwide attention on Ireland’s two-decade failure to define when abortions can be performed legally to save the life of a woman.

The 31-year-old dentist died Oct. 28. Her widow says they asked for three days for an abortion to ease her pain but were refused because the fetus still had a heartbeat. the associated press

Vote of confidence

eU endorses new syrian coalitionThe newly formed Syrian opposition coalition received backing from the European Union on Monday in a significant vote of confidence for a movement struggling to prove its credibility and gain the trust of splintered factions.

The endorsement of the coalition as a legitimate voice for Syria’s people represents a major step forward in the West’s acceptance of the group, even as fast-moving events and fluid alliances are casting doubts on the direc-tion of the rebellion.

“The EU considers them legitimate representatives of the aspirations of the Syrian people,” the bloc’s 27 minis-ters said. the associated press

palestinian casualties continue to rise from israeli missile strikes

Palestinians carry an injured man after an Israeli strike on a building in Gaza City, Monday. It was the Israeli military’s secondstrike on the building in two days. The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad says another Israeli strike on a Gaza media centre killed one of its top militant leaders. Bernat armangue/the associated press

Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip and killed a senior militant with a missile strike on a media cen-tre Monday, driving up the Palestinian death toll to 100, as Israel broadened its targets in the six-day-old offensive meant to quell Hamas rocket fire on Israel.

Escalating its bombing campaign over the weekend, Israel began attacking homes of activists in Hamas, the Is-lamic militant group that rules Gaza. These attacks have led to a sharp spike in civilian casual-ties, killing 24 civilians in just under two days and doubling the number of civilians killed in the conflict, a Gaza health official said.

The rising toll came as Egyptian-led efforts to mediate a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas got into gear.

While Israel and Hamas were far apart in their de-mands, both sides said they were open to a diplomatic solution — and prepared for further escalation if that failed.

The leader of Hamas took a tough stance, rejecting Is-rael’s demands that the mil-itant group stop its rocket fire. Instead, Khaled Mashaal said Israel must meet Hamas’ de-mands for a lifting of the block-ade of Gaza.

“We don’t accept Israeli con-ditions because it is the aggres-sor,” he told reporters in Egypt. “We want a ceasefire along with meeting our demands.”

An Israeli official said Israel doesn’t want a “quick fix” that will result in renewed fighting months down the road. In-stead, they wants “internation-al guarantees” that Hamas will not rearm or use Egypt’s neigh-bouring Sinai peninsula for militant activity.the associated press

Gaza strife. Hamas and Israel presenting ceasefire conditions to Egypt as diplomats worldwide join in to help broker peace

Modern warfare

Israeli tech experts fending off hackersA concerted effort of mil-lions of attempts to cripple Israeli websites during the Gaza conflict has failed, Israel’s finance minister said Monday, claiming that the only site that was suc-cessfully hacked was back up within minutes.

Cyber-security experts said that such hacking attempts have become a new aspect of modern-day warfare and states have to invest in fortifying their virtual defences on a battle-ground with vague terrain.

Israel regularly fights off hundreds of hacking attempts every day, but nothing on the scale of the recent torrent of attacks.

The online group Anonymous and other pro-testers have barraged Israel with more than 60 million hacking attempts, accord-ing to the finance minister, Yuval Steinitz.the associated press

Hoover

In one exchange, a person whose name was redacted wrote to then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, asking that he forward a letter on to “Joe Stalin’s daughter.”

• Response. The file contains Hoover’s terse, three-sentence response denying his request, say-ing the FBI does not for-ward mail. “I trust you will understand,” he wrote.

Soviet dictator Josef Stalin with his daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva. Newly declassified files show the FBI was gathering details from informants on how Alliluyeva’s arrival in the United States was affecting international relations after her high-profile defection in 1967. courtesy icarus Films/the associated press

FBi declassifies docs about stalin’s daughterNewly declassified documents show the FBI kept close tabs on Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s only daughter after her high-profile defection to the United States in 1967, gathering details from informants about how her arrival was affecting inter-national relations.

The documents were re-leased Monday to The Associ-ated Press under the Freedom of Information Act following Lana Peters’ death last year at age 85 in a Wisconsin nursing home. Her defection during the Cold War embarrassed the rul-ing communists and made her

a bestselling author. Her move was also a public relations coup for the U.S.

When she defected, Peters was known as Svetlana Al-liluyeva, but she went by Lana Peters following her 1970 mar-riage to William Wesley Peters, an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright. Peters said her defec-tion was partly motivated by the Soviet authorities’ poor treatment of her late husband, Brijesh Singh, a prominent fig-ure in the Indian Communist Party.

George Kennan, a key figure in the Cold War and a former

U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, advised the FBI that he and Alliluyeva were concerned Soviet agents would try to contact her, a De-cember 1967 memo reveals. The memo notes that no secur-ity arrangements were made for Peters, and no other docu-ments in the file indicate that the KGB ever tracked her down.

Many of the 233 pages re-leased were heavily redacted, with the FBI citing concerns related to foreign policy, reveal-ing confidential sources and re-leasing medical or other infor-mation. the associated press

Casualties

• Palestinians. Overall, the offensive that began Wednesday killed at least 100 Palestinians, including 53 civilians, and wounded some 840 people, includ-ing 225 children, a Gaza heath official said.

• Israelis. On the Israeli side, three civilians have died from Palestinian rocket fire, and dozens have been wounded.

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BCE Inc. expects that its new proposal to buy Astral Media will address the federal regula-tor’s concern about the telecom giant dominating the television market.

Bell’s chief regulatory offi-cer Mirko Bibic wouldn’t com-ment Monday on the possible sale of any radio or TV assets owned by Montreal’s Astral to make the deal work. But Bibic said the new $3.38-billion pro-posal to buy Astral will address the CRTC’s concern about mar-ket dominance.

“The proposal that we filed today will address the issue of

viewing shares from the CRTC’s perspective,” Bibic said. “It’s putting a package together that addresses the mechanical, numerical threshold the way the CRTC calculates it.”

The CRTC killed the deal last month, saying it wasn’t in the best interests of Canadians and would have resulted in an

unprecedented level of con-centration in the Canadian marketplace. The CRTC said if the multibillion-dollar deal had gone ahead, Bell would have controlled almost 45 per cent of the English TV viewership and almost 35 per cent of the French-language market.The canadian Press

Telecom. After its last pitch was rejected, firm tries to address viewing shares ‘from the CRTC’s perspective’

Bce files new proposal to buy astral Media

Mortgage rules hit new buyers too hard, brokers tell Ottawa Canada’s mortgage brokers say recent changes to fed-eral rules have taken too big a bite out of an already cooling housing market and they suggest policymakers should address the needs of their industry.

The Canadian Associa-tion of Accredited Mortgage Professionals says a survey of 2,000 consumers in Octo-ber, conducted on CAAMP’s behalf, suggests that first-time buyers have been hard hit by the tighter mortgage rules.

“We worry that this is having a dampening effect on what was an already cool-ing market and we hope policy-makers will give some thought to addressing the needs of this key sector

of the market,” association president and CEO Jim Mur-phy said in a statement.

CAAMP chief economist Will Dunning said the small-er number of first-time buy-ers has already affected the resale market.

“The housing-resale num-bers behave like a canary in the mine for us,” Dunning said. “My concern is that a policy-induced housing mar-ket downturn creates un-necessary risk that directly affects not just housing, but job creation and the econ-omy as a whole.”

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has said the new rules were intended to deal with overpriced real-estate in certain cities and certain types of housing. He has said

the tighter mortgage rules reduce the risk of buyers taking on too much debt.The canadian Press

5.5 million works

Google inks european-music licensing dealGoogle Inc. has reached a licensing agreement with representatives of European music publish-ers, artists and composers in which the U.S. online giant and its customers will gain access to 5.5 mil-lion musical works across

35 countries from artists including Lady Gaga and Rihanna.

The accord with Armonia, the alliance of French, Italian and Spanish licensing groups, is billed as the broadest of its kind.

Catherine Kerr-Vignale of France’ SACEM, an artists’ rights association, said Google’s rivals, such as Amazon and Apple’s iTunes, have country-by-country licensing agree-ments. The assOciaTed Press

Hostess bankruptcy

Twinkies haven’t struck out just yetTwinkies will live to see another day. Hostess Brands Inc. and its second-largest union agreed on Monday to try to resolve their dif-ferences after a bankruptcy court judge noted that the parties hadn’t gone through the critical step of private mediation.

That means the maker

of the spongy cake with the mysterious cream filling won’t go out of business yet.

The news comes after the Texas-based maker of Ho Ho’s, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread last week moved to liquidate and sell off its assets in bankruptcy court. Hostess cited a crip-pling strike started on Nov. 9 by the Bakery, Confection-ery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union. The assOciaTed Press

Camping for Black Friday bargainsDenise smith-Lad, left, asks her grandson Jordan smith, 6, what he would like to eat as they camp in front of a best buy store in Cockrell Hill, Texas, on Monday. smith and her family have come early to line up all week for the shopping deals available on black Friday, the day after u.s. Thanksgiving. LM OterO/the AssOciAted Press

Two-week hearing

As it seeks licence renewals, CbC wants flexibility The CBC is asking the federal broadcast regula-tor for more flexibility as it grapples with the new

digital universe.The strict regulatory

shackles of the past don’t work in today’s fast-mov-ing environment, CBC president Hubert Lacroix told a Canadian Radio-television and Telecom-munications Commission hearing Monday. For instance, young people

are shunning television sets for computers, a shift that has prompted the CBC to move its children’s programming online.

The broadcaster is seeking five-year licence renewals for its various television and radio servi-ces. The canadian Press

BCE president and CEO George Cope is shown in this file photo. The company has put together a new proposal to buy Astral Media, after the CRTC turneddown its last pitch. The Canadian Press File

Impact of mortgage rules

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on the webOne of the best things about the Internet is also one of the worst: anonymity. Sadly, much of the web has become a place for inconspicuous individuals to hurl racist/homophobic/mis-

ogynistic statements into the ether without any regard for what the consequences might be once they step away from the keyboard.

But as younger generations care less and less about pri-vacy, the barriers between real life identities and our online selves are eroding and it’s becoming harder to hide behind the veil of assumed anonymity. As a result, waves of new digital vigilantes are working to expose online trolls and make them accountable for their vitriol spewing.

Earlier this month, a Canadian man created a You Hate Faggots Tumblr page in response to the proliferation of homophobic language on the web. “The hatred is rampant and in most cases the people don’t even know what they’re doing or saying is wrong,” he says. “Faggot as a pejorative has become

about as common as ‘your mama’ jokes.” Internet users have re-appropriated the word faggot as a casual insult and use it with thoughtless abandon.

The creator behind You Hate Faggots publishes ignorant tweeters’ names and photos alongside his own snarky com-mentary to highlight the de-contextualization of the word. “By using parody to illustrate the wrongness in using the term incorrectly, I want to show that there is a relationship between faggot and gay, whether the user understands it or not,” he says.

South of the border, the writers at Jezebel took web justice into their own hands by broadcasting a list of teenage Twitter users’ contact information and hometowns alongside their racist rants regarding the presidential election. Taking the crusade one step further, the blog then outed the opinionated high school students to their principals and administrators.

Some criticized Jezebel’s actions as a form of cyber-bully-ing — these were minors after all — while others praised the blog for making young people understand that online bigotry, however offhanded it might be, can have tangible repercussions.  

For the creator of You Hate Faggots, naming and shaming prejudiced Internet users isn’t about ruining lives, but expos-ing the issues. “The intentions are not to troll,” he says, “the objective has always been to create awareness.” 

Call it what you will — the naive indiscretions of youth or deep-seeded intolerance — but if you are old enough to own a cellphone and arrogant enough to share hate-ful opinions from an account boasting your real identity, I’m not going to feel too sorry for you if it comes back to haunt you when you start applying for colleges or begin looking for a job. 

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Suraj Sharma had never acted before his role in Life of Pi. The fi lm opens Wednesday. HANDOUT

Life of why: Actor sets sights on philosophy

Suraj Sharma is pretty much your average student. He’s po-lite, well-spoken and majoring in philosophy this year. He also just starred in the new epic 3D film by Ang Lee and counts the venerated director as a close friend and teacher. Sharma had never acted before he took on the title role in Life of Pi — he was selected out of thousands of non-professional actors auditioning for the part.

Playing a young man adrift at sea, Sharma lost weight, gained weight, befriended a tiger named Richard Parker and learned to fish.

Along the way, he tells us, the film changed him into the man he is today.

What path were you on before this movie happened and where do you see things going now?Before the movie I didn’t really know what to do. I was in school and I was, I would say, lost … Luckily enough (director Ang Lee) picked me up, and took me to Taiwan. Over there, I changed as a person. I realized more about myself, more about everything. Working with Ang changes you, I guess. Before Pi I was really a bad student. I didn’t do very well in school at all, ever, and I came back and I changed in a

million ways. … I did surpris-ingly well in school. I didn’t even know how. Suddenly I was getting like 94 per cent and stuff like that and ... now in college I’m doing philosophy, so things really changed.

Did the movie inspire you to choose philosophy?Oh yeah. I think Ang and Pi got to me. Lying on that board and talking to Ang, you kind of start thinking on those lines, you start think-ing about things, because Pi himself is this kid who asks questions like, ‘What is life?’ He is into philosophy of his own kind and Ang himself has a really complex philosophy, which comes through when you talk to him. ... Eventually I want to be a filmmaker, so I guess philosophy will help me in that way.

Some actors in your position might say, “Forget school and do acting full-time.”I don’t know about the act-ing. I don’t know whether I want to act professionally much. It’s daunting. It’s scary and it’s different. I want to be a filmmaker. I want to tell stories. … I love acting now and the life (of an actor) is hard and it’s different. I don’t know if I’m equipped for it, but I’d like being on set. I think that’s the most inspir-ing part of movies — just be-ing on set. The intensity with which everybody works, 300 people just working, work-ing, working for something maybe even three seconds long. (There are) different skills, different ideas, differ-ent backgrounds, everything just comes together and you make something and you make someone’s imagination come to life.

From student to star. Ang Lee isn’t just a director, he’s a guru. Pi lead Suraj Sharma talks about how Lee changed his life

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Director. Simon West

Stars. Sylvester Stallone, Liam Hemsworth, Randy Couture

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Stallone’s Expendables have all reached the age where they’re as likely to reach for the Botox as for the testosterone supple-ments, and they’re not trying very hard to hide it. Especially since the success of their first film proved the enduring popularity of action heroes in their 50s and 60s, all the more so when you cram so much muscle into a single movie. The pumped-up pack has a couple of noteworthy additions (Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris) and subtractions (Mickey Rourke and Steve Austin), plus enlarged cameos (Ar-nold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis) and returning mainstays (Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Terry Crews and Randy Couture). There’s also the obligatory tough girl, the code-breaking and neck-snapping hottie Maggie (Yu Nan). The plot can be summed up in Bar-ney’s answer to his slicing sidekick Lee Christmas (Statham), when he’s asked, “What’s the plan?” Barney snarls: “Track ’em. Find ’em. Kill ’em.” At no point does anybody take any of this seriously, even when the inevitable showdown oc-curs between Stallone and Van Damme. PETER HOWELL

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Rihanna reveals nothing, journo streaker reveals allRihanna’s 777 tour — in which she’s travelling to seven cities in seven days, with a plane full of fans and journalists — reached London Monday morning, the second to last stop. But there was no sign of the superstar on the plane from Berlin. “Just one quote,” chanted desperate reporters, begging Rihanna to appear.

Then things got a little Lord of the Flies. Austral-ian Tim Dormer, a radio presenter at Nova in Sydney, decided if he wasn’t going to get a story, he’d become one: After 3 a.m., he sud-denly burst from the toilet — completely naked. With his long curls bouncing, he made a quick tour of econ-omy class wearing nothing but his birthday suit. The audience cheered.

Since Rihanna wasn’t around to talk to anyone, we asked the streaker:

What were you thinking?I was bored. It was three in the morning and we were on a plane and we’ve been on a plane for the past five days. I thought it would be fun. And it wasn’t an easy task either; I had to dive over people.

Did you plan the whole thing?No, I was just in the bath-room and thought it would be a fun thing.

How many will see this on

YouTube, do you think? Five maybe? My mom, my dad, my gran, my boss and hopefully Rihanna.

Did you run all the way up to her? No, I didn’t get that far.

How do you find the trip so far?I’m having the time of my life. I saw her the first day and I see her on stage every night.

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METRO DISHOUR TAKE ON THE WORLD OF CELEBRITIES

Is a royal bundle of joy on the way?

A close friend of Prince William and Kate Middleton insists the royal couple is set to announce something big next month, prompting speculation that a baby is on the way. “They’re planning to make an announcement in December,” Jessica Hay, a former schoolmate of Middleton’s and a guest at their wedding, tells New Idea magazine, adding that the Duchess of Cambridge has gained a bit of weight

recently and that “William and Kate are focused on start-ing a family.” How focused, exactly? They’ve apparently already discussed the number of children they want to have — two — and that they’d pre-fer a son and then a daughter. “It seems very traditional but of course they’ll be happy with two boys or two girls. They don’t want more,” Hay says. “They’ve discussed it endlessly and don’t want to be older parents.”

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Stewart signs on for second Snow White,

sans SandersKristen Stewart has report-edly signed on to star in the sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman — though the second film in the franchise won’t be directed by Rupert Sanders, with whom Stewart infamously had an affair this summer, according to Radar Online. “The script has already been written and pro-

duction will begin late next year,” a source close to the production says. “However, Rupert Sanders definitely won’t be a part of the project. Rupert didn’t want to be a part of it to begin with because he is desperately still trying to save his marriage. The search is on for a new director.”

Bieber addresses the ‘haters’ with mom at side

Justin Bieber may be newly single, but that didn’t mean he had to attend the American Music Awards solo. Instead, the 18-year-old Canadian pop star showed up with his mom, 38-year-old Pattie Mallette. While he made no mention of his split from Selena Gomez, Bieber

did address his critics after winning his first award of the night, for favourite pop/rock male artist. “I want to say this is for all the haters who thought I was just here for one of two years,” Bieber said from the stage. “I feel like I’m going to be here for a very long time.”

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Heaven vs. hell

Hey Jamie — what’s cooking?We ask the chef about his favourite meals: Jamie’s food heaven vs. food hell. Heaven: “A lovely home cooked family roast dinner with all the trimmings made by my mum.” Hell: “A precocious,

pretentious Michelin star meal with stuff balanced everywhere, hanging every-where, drizzled everywhere and that doesn’t taste very good. Just the fact that someone has had to touch your food to get it in that position is just … I’m much more about lovely rustic food.”

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Healthy eating. Forget the microwave and take-out, the celebrity chef talks about how to make a fantastic meal in record time

Jamie Oliver’s 15-minute meals

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has released a new book to help you in the kitchen. HANDOUT

You keep reducing the time of your recipe books. Why? People are so time poor. But I promise I won’t be doing time again.

But why 15 minutes? Why not 10? If you want a proper meal fast, 15 minutes is the minimum you can do. It’s the hardest book I’ve ever written because I wanted it to be an everyday cookbook that was healthy, nutritious and fast.

Some of the recipes are a bit fancy. I can’t picture students cooking griddled tuna. Who is the book aimed at? Everyone. From a culinary point of view, the world is a much smaller place. People are much more travelled and more read than they were 15 years ago and the stuff available in supermarkets is more robust. And they still want it fast.

Microwave meals are a pretty quick solution too… Microwave food has became synonymous with shit food. But there’s also a lot of high quality stuff. It’s just never going to be amazing.

I tried one of your recipes the other night. The ricotta fritters. I’m a disaster in the kitchen. It ended up looking like a cheese omelette. But it tasted good. You ended up with an omelette when you were sup-posed to do fritters. What the hell did you do?

I tried to fl ip them over…and made a mess. The fritters take about one minute to make and six min-utes to cook. I don’t know what went wrong … do what the recipes says and it will work. I wish I could have

seen it. I’d put money on the fact you used the wrong sized pan and put them too close together.

What are the biggest mis-takes people make in the kitchen? You don’t need 100 knives, just three of the right ones — a chopper, paring and a

bread knife. The book isn’t trying to be your best friend. It’s like, “You want tasty fast food? Here’s the f--king rules. Do what you’re told.”

After a long and exhausting day at work, do you some-times think, “F--k this, I’m going to McDonald’s.” I don’t normally get caught

out. Although I’m famous for hating junk food, I’m not anti any kind of food. I’ve got nothing against a hot dog, a burger or a pizza. It’s more about real food. I do the most amazing free-range pig hot dogs with slaw, home made ketchup and buns that’s bloody delicious. But if ever you’re in London and want a kebab, there’s a place called Kebab Kid on New Kings Road that’s deli-cious.

Would you ever eat at Mc-Donald’s? I haven’t eaten a McDonald’s in 10 years.

What did you eat? A Big Mac.

If I off ered you a Big Mac right now, would you eat it?I would. McDonald’s are prob-ably the best big fast food operator in Britain. They’ve done a lot of good work on their beef, their 100 per cent organic milk and free-range eggs. You can’t just beat people up all the time and not pat them on the back for the good stuff they’ve done.

You have one minute to make a meal; what do you do? Grab a bit of bread and some lovely ham or cheese.

Five minutes?Some fettuccine. Use boiling water and it cooks in three minutes. Then add a few simple ingredients to that.

But your next book won’t be about time.Time is a small element of many different emotions to cooking. You can do five minutes work and something can cook for four hours.

So what’s next? 100 per cent vegetarian —making massive heroes out of the things that we don’t eat enough of. The craft of making vegetables utterly delicious is one that’s just not known about enough. At least 65 per cent of my recipes are meat-free, the index is covered in V’s, but the feed-back I get from vegetarians is, “Yeah, cool, but we’d like our own book please.” I’ve ignored it for years.

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Immunity food

Did someone just sneeze on you? Quick! Wash your hands and grab one of these immune foods. Nothing boosts your im-mune system like a healthy diet that avoids excess sugar, alcohol, bad fats and depleted white wheat, so start there first. Beyond that, there are nutrients that your body uses as tools to be sure it can fight off whatever comes flying at you this cold and flu season.

1. ProbioticsThere is growing evidence that probiotics contrib-ute to immunity in a variety of ways. Try new IOGO brand Probio Yogurt for a lactose-free version that is very tasty

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• 1 large apple• 1 tsp cinnamon• Half of a 14-oz package cara-mel candies, unwrapped• 1 tbsp water• 1/2 cup white chocolate bits• 1 tsp shortening• 1/2 cup dark chocolate candy melts

12 metronews.caTuesday, November 20, 2012RELATIONSHIPS/yOuR mONEy

Employers probably still want you to be clean and reasonably well-groomed.Istock Images

Branding yourself: What do employers really want?

Last week, I read a fascin-ating article about big cor-porations such as Telus and SNC Lavalin moving all or part of their head offices to downtown Toronto in order to attract the best and the brightest to their company.

However, it is consider-ably more expensive than locating in the suburbs.

So what is the reason for this trend? The answer is all about demographic culture.

Youth today is different than it was a generation

or two ago, just as employ-ment is different.

Many of our parents worked at the same job their entire lives. This isn’t likely to be very common in the future.

Increasingly, under-40 employees don’t want to spend their lives commut-ing and they desire a vi-brant, downtown lifestyle. They’re also the first gen-eration since Henry Ford that isn’t wedded to the automobile.

These changes got me thinking about what com-panies are looking for when they’re searching out the best and brightest, because it has a big impact on how younger workers should present and educate them-selves over the course of their careers.

Here’s a peek at the cor-porate wish list.

1. Traditional virtues still holdYour style may be to look like a tattooed, studded

wolverine, but employ-ers still want you to be a clean and reasonably well-groomed tattooed, studded wolverine.

Also promptness, po-liteness, the ability to con-verse and demonstrate a modicum of organizational skills are still important qualities.

2. TechnologyYou don’t need to be a com-puter expert unless you in-tend to run the IT depart-ment, but you do need to be competent enough to make connections between the newest technology and your company.

3. NetworkingCompanies increasingly value the networks that em-ployees bring with them.

Networks add tangible value by giving the com-pany access to resources, people and ideas.

4. LanguageBy 2031 Statistics Canada

projects that over a quarter of Canadians will be foreign born with visible minorities comprising 63 per cent in Toronto, 59 in Vancouver and 31 per cent in Montreal.

Knowledge of other lan-guages and cultures is high-ly desirable.

Knowing what compan-ies want and educating yourself accordingly raises the odds of being con-sidered among the best and the brightest in the coming downtown corporate cul-ture.

Alison on Money. What are companies looking for when they’re searching out the best and brightest young workers?

yOuR mONEyAlison Griffithsmoney@metronews.ca

In numbers

47%The number of second generation Canadians who will belong to a visible minority by 2031.

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How to avoid an office dating disaster

Though the latest news scandal involves high-ranking officials, keep in mind that the broad strokes of the Gen. Petraeus af-fair are not unlike typical office

flings. Even if your transgres-sions won’t make headlines, romance at work can be a dicey move if not properly handled. Learn to manage this delicate situation -— because even if you can’t resist taking your chances with the cutie in ac-counting, you can minimize the fallout. Before announcing your new beau, research your company’s policy on the mat-ter. “Don’t date anyone at work if your employment contract forbids it. Your job will clearly be on the line with such a vio-lation,” says author Wendy Walsh, a contributor to Dating-advice.com.

If you do move forward, think about what the end of the relationship might be like. Nancy A. Shenker, co-author of Don’t Hook Up With the Dude in the Next Cube, says, “Think about what will happen after a breakup. It’s hard enough see-ing an ex on Facebook — how will it feel to see him or her in person every day?”

If you’re an employer who notices an office affair, know how to approach it. “Have a policy,” suggests Todd Ewan, a partner at Fisher & Phillips law firm, which represents management in workplace disputes. “The employer will

need to determine what it is willing to tolerate and not willing to tolerate. As a base point, most employers do not want to let a relationship exist between two employees if one of the employees has direct managerial responsibility for the other.”

Make sure he or she is worth it and try to have some foresight before youlaunch into that office romance. Istock

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Delicate matter. Try to foresee the fallout and do the relevant research prior to announcing any new work relationship

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“Don’t date anyone at work if your employ-ment contract forbids it.”Author Wendy Walsh.

Rest in peace

Farewell to the admirable Mrs. Letitia Baldrige

CHARLES THE buTLERaskcharlesthebutler@metronews.caFor more, visit charlesmacpherson.com

Today I would like to pay homage to the late Letitia Baldrige, a dear lady who I’ve admired for many years. I’ve read most of her

books and have even had the honour of interviewing her.

Mrs. Baldrige, known as the doyenne of American etiquette, passed away on Oct. 29. She was most known for her time work-ing in the White House during the Kennedy admin-istration as Jacqueline Ken-nedy’s social secretary.

One of my favourite quotes from Mrs. Baldrige, known as Tish to her family and friends, involves her philosophy on life.

“There are major CEO’s who do not know how

to hold a knife and fork properly, but I don’t worry about that as much as the lack of kindness,” she said. “There are two generations of people who have not learned how important it is to take time to say, ‘I’m sorry’ and, ‘Please’ and, ‘Thank you’ and how people must relate to one another.”

I’m very sad that we have lost this wonderful person, who believed in so many good things — the most important of them being that she believed in people.

You see, for those of you who follow both my column and philosophy of etiquette, I believe it’s all about how we interact with each other that mat-ters. The best thing about etiquette is that it puts us all at ease to know what is expected of others so that we always put our best foot forward.

God bless you, Tish. You are missed already and I will put myself in front of a roaring fire tonight and enjoy one of your books with a glass of wine in your memory. Mrs. Baldrige sits to the right of then U.S. first lady Laura Bush. getty Image

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It was a different crew — new faces, perhaps with new ideas — scheduled for NHL talks Monday night in New York.

Toronto Maple Leafs gen-eral manager Brian Burke and Tampa Bay Lightning players Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis were on hand on as the sides resumed negotiations in an attempt to save the sea-son.

Adding fresh perspectives might be a good idea given the bad blood that’s been boiling as the lockout continues — longer than perhaps either side expected — costing untold mil-lions in revenue and salary.

“It’s horrific for the simple reason that we, as a business, are in business to put on our game and engage with our fans

and to grow our game,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman told the Winnipeg Free Press. “This entire process is absolute-ly inconsistent with that. Hav-ing said that, any sports league needs a system that works and makes the game and the busi-ness of the game healthy.”

Bettman has been an easy target for the players’ frustra-tion. A pair of ex-Leafs had harsh words for the commis-sioner in the past few days.

The Florida Panthers’ Kris Versteeg called Bettman and deputy Bill Daly “cancers” who have “been polluting this game far too long.” That was on the heels of the Detroit Red Wings’ Ian White calling Bettman an “idiot.”

In a rarity during these con-tentious talks, Bettman allowed himself to be interviewed by Gary Lawless of the Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, thanks to the return of the Jets, may have been the only city in Canada where Bettman heard cheers last year. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

The Blue Jays, flush with the knowledge that Major League Baseball has OK’d the club’s controversial trade with Miami, are poised to name their new manager.

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig approved the 12-player Jays-Marlins trade on Monday after a longer-than-usual review. Jays fans — relieved by the news and excited about the loaded, re-vamped lineup — can now turn their attention to the managerial hiring. GM Alex Anthopoulos, the talk of the baseball world and the To-ronto sports scene, even dur-ing Grey Cup week, has been hinting that an announce-ment is near — perhaps as early as Tuesday, when Antho-poulos has a press conference scheduled to discuss the Mar-lins deal.

It’s also possible that the managerial decision will hap-pen closer to baseball’s winter meetings, which start Dec. 1 in Nashville, to steer clear of Grey Cup week.

Interestingly, word out of Boston, where John Farrell is now posted in his dream job as manager, is that the Red Sox could have made a simi-lar deal with the Marlins, but elected not to.

Selig took a week to ap-prove the deal — sending

Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Jose Reyes, John Buck and Emilio Bonifacio to the Jays for Yunel Escobar, Henderson Alvarez, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jeff Mathis and three top pros-pects.

Marlins fans believed Reyes and Buehrle were signed last winter to revitalize the team as a playoff contender as the franchise moved into a new ballpark — built in part with a multimillion-dollar Miami tax fund that Selig pushed for.

Instead, the Marlins, hav-ing already dealt former bat-ting champion Hanley Ra-mirez and ex-closer Heath Bell during the season, dumped $163.75 million in guaranteed salary through 2018.

“It is my conclusion that this transaction, involving es-tablished major leaguers and highly regarded young players and prospects, represents the exercise of plausible baseball

judgment on the part of both clubs, does not violate any express rule of Major League Baseball and does not other-wise warrant the exercise of any of my powers to prevent its completion,” Selig said in a statement.

“I am sensitive to the con-cerns of the fans of Miami regarding this trade, and I understand the reactions I have heard. Baseball is a so-cial institution with import-ant social responsibilities, and I fully understand that the Miami community has done its part to put the Marlins into a position to succeed with a beautiful new Marlins Park.”TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

MLS

Beckham’s time with Galaxy coming to an endDavid Beckham will play his final game for the Los Angeles Galaxy in the MLS Cup next month.

Beckham and the Galaxy announced the midfielder’s decision Monday, a day after the defending MLS champions advanced to their second straight league final. Los Angeles faces Houston on Dec. 1.

Beckham isn’t retiring, but the superstar gave no hint of his next move.

“I’ve had an incredibly special time playing for the L.A. Galaxy,” Beckham said in a statement. “However, I wanted to experience one last challenge before the end of my playing career. I don’t see this as the end of my relationship with the league, as my ambition is to be part of the ownership structure in the future.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NFL

Source says Pats’ Gronkowski out 4-6 weeksNo more end-zone spikes for a while from Rob Gron-kowski.

A person familiar with the process said Monday the New England Patriots tight end expects to be sidelined for four to six weeks after having surgery for a broken left forearm. The person spoke to The As-sociated Press on condition of anonymity because there was no official announce-ment. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

New Blue Jays pitchers Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle watch a game against the Yankees on April 1 at Marlins Park.MIKE EHRMANN/GETTY IMAGES FILE

Selig signs o� on Jays-Marlins tradeMLB. Naming new skipper is next up on Toronto GM Anthopoulos’s to-do list

NHL negotiations get some fresh perspectives

Quoted

“I believe in the players. I don’t believe in what’s going on right now. It’s part of the business of the game, the least attractive part of the game.”NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in an interview with the Winnipeg Free Press

NFL

Saints’ Brees to pledge $1M to Sandy recoveryNew Orleans Saints quarter-back Drew Brees says he is donating $1 million to Superstorm Sandy relief efforts. Brees told CBS’s Person to Person in an inter-view to air Friday that the donation will come through the Dream Foundation he runs with his wife, Brittany. He did not say who will be receiving the donation.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Saints quarterback Drew Brees GETTY IMAGES FILE

Cabrera deal made offi cial

On Monday, the Blue Jays signed free agent left-fi elder Melky Cabrera. The 28-year-old was leading the National League in hitting at .346 for the San Francisco Giants when he was suspended Aug. 15 for a positive testosterone test. THE CANADIAN PRESS

CFL

Weighty wager for Grey Cup mayorsThe Argonauts and the Stampeders aren’t the only ones with bragging rights on the line in the upcoming Grey Cup championship.

The mayors of Toronto and Calgary — the two teams’ respective home-towns — are also getting in on the action.

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi proposed a friendly wager that would see the losing city’s mayor donating his weight in food to the winning city’s food bank.

The loser would also wear the winning team’s jersey for a council meeting. Nenshi issued the challenge to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford on Twitter. Hours later, Ford tweeted acceptance, adding the Calgary mayor would “look great in Argo blue!” THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Yesterday’s Sudoku

How to playFill in the grid, so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9. There is no math involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

Aries March 21 - April 20 If what you are doing with your life is not to your liking then change it. The Sun’s move into Sagittarius tomorrow will encourage you to head off in a completely new direction. What are you waiting for?

Taurus April 21 - May 21 Even if your money situation is dismal, things will improve dramatically over the next few days so don’t despair. An improved outlook might help as well. There are more important things in life to worry about than cash.

Gemini May 22 - June 21 The Sun crosses the partner-ship angle of your chart tomorrow, making it essential that you get along with people on a one-to-one level. Think of everyone you meet as your friend — and you will benefit in remarkable ways.

Cancer June 22 - July 23 If there is anything strenuous that needs to be done, you should get it out of the way today because when the Sun moves into the wellbeing area of your chart tomorrow, you probably won’t be up to it. Get going.

Leo July 24 - Aug. 23 By all means, be active but look ahead a few moves as well. It will spare you a lot of setbacks and maybe a few cuts and bruises too. And try to be patient with people who move more slowly than you.

Virgo Aug. 24 - Sept. 23 No matter how fit you may feel right now, the exertions of the past few weeks will catch up with you quite quickly. Plan a few quiet evenings in with loved ones. They will appreciate it — and so will you.

Libra Sept. 24 - Oct. 23 The cosmic picture is beginning to change and by the end of the week you will be getting out and about and meeting new people. Friendships and love affairs are under excellent stars — just don’t get them mixed up!

Scorpio Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 You have done a lot in recent weeks and can feel proud of yourself, but over the next few days you will have to work even harder to safeguard your gains. The price of success is eternal vigilance.

Sagittarius Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 Clear out all that is old and worthless in your life so there is room for bigger and better things to come in. That applies to people as much as to possessions. Your own needs must come first now.

Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 The next few weeks are going to be of the utmost import-ance. Think about what you want to be doing from the time of your next birthday for the following 12 months. How can you prepare the ground? Start now.

Aquarius Jan. 21 - Feb. 19 Positive thinking can take you only so far. At some point you have to move from thinking to doing. The Sun’s change of signs tomorrow will show you new ways to get ahead. Hard work must come from you.

Pisces Feb. 20 - March 20 It is time to decide, once and for all, what your priorities are going to be. Don’t listen to what other people tell you, listen only to your own inner voice. The choices you make now will have long-term consequences. SALLY BROMPTON

Sudoku

Across1. Southern st.4. Rig8. ---- Network Canada12. Light13. British bus14. Erected15. Railway extension16. “Con ---“17. Term of endearment18. Drive in the country to see these (2 words)24. Bratty children25. Wager26. Actress ---- Ward of Once and Again28. Hawaii’s Mauna ---29. Corner ---32. Before33. Talk show host DeGeneres35. Actors Norton and Murphy36. Reply (abbr.)37. Pilfer38. Suit accompaniment39. --- the season40. Nickel or dime42. 1970’s John Ritter sitcom (2 words)48. Exclamation of surprise49. Entourage role50. Apiece (abbr.)51. Angers53. Proofreaders word54. Aries sign55. Skirt edge56. ---- than Perfect57. Vocalized pauses

Down1. Type of market2. To Sir, With Love singer3. Tree chopping tool4. Used on an envelope5. Moran, and others

6. Copage of Julia7. ---- a Big Girl Now8. Radio dial9. Waikiki island10. Aroma11. Lairs19. Floor coverings20. Thurman of Kill Bill21. Woodwind instrument22. “---- on Me”23. Bible pt.26. Health resort

27. Eagle28. Law degree (abbr.)29. Actress Davis of Commander in Chief30. Commercials31. Fast jet, of old33. A great lake34. Defeat38. Exclusive area of a nightclub39. – Diem40. Centres41. Leave out

42. --- Old House43. Rodent44. Perlman of Cheers45. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button actress Blanchett46. Close by47. Sweet potatoes52. Size before med.53. She played Ellie Bartowski in Chuck (init.)54. Concerning (abbr.)

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